Rig Veda (translation and commentary)

by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382

The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...

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Rig Veda 10.55.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒जा कर्मा॑णि ज॒नय॑न्वि॒श्वौजा॑ अशस्ति॒हा वि॒श्वम॑नास्तुरा॒षाट् । पी॒त्वी सोम॑स्य दि॒व आ वृ॑धा॒नः शूरो॒ निर्यु॒धाध॑म॒द्दस्यू॑न् ॥
युजा कर्माणि जनयन्विश्वौजा अशस्तिहा विश्वमनास्तुराषाट् । पीत्वी सोमस्य दिव आ वृधानः शूरो निर्युधाधमद्दस्यून् ॥
yujā karmāṇi janayan viśvaujā aśastihā viśvamanās turāṣāṭ | pītvī somasya diva ā vṛdhānaḥ śūro nir yudhādhamad dasyūn ||

English translation:

“Accomplishing his duty with their assistance, the all-powerful Indra, the destroyer of the wicked, theall-wise, the quick subduer of foes, descending from heaven, and quaffing the Soma, invogirated and a hero, hedemolishes the Dasyus with his thunderbolt.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vṛhaduktho vāmadevyaḥ [vṛhaduktha vāmadevya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒जा । कर्मा॑णि । ज॒नय॑न् । वि॒श्वाऽओ॑जाः । अ॒श॒स्ति॒ऽहा । वि॒श्वऽम॑नाः । तु॒रा॒षाट् । पी॒त्वी । सोम॑स्य । दि॒वः । आ । वृ॒धा॒नः । शूरः॑ । निः । यु॒धा । अ॒ध॒म॒त् । दस्यू॑न् ॥
युजा । कर्माणि । जनयन् । विश्वाओजाः । अशस्तिहा । विश्वमनाः । तुराषाट् । पीत्वी । सोमस्य । दिवः । आ । वृधानः । शूरः । निः । युधा । अधमत् । दस्यून् ॥
yujā | karmāṇi | janayan | viśvāojāḥ | aśasti-hā | viśva-manāḥ | turāṣāṭ | pītvī | somasya | divaḥ | ā | vṛdhānaḥ | śūraḥ | niḥ | yudhā | adhamat | dasyūn

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.55.8 English analysis of grammar]

yujā < yuj

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”

karmāṇi < karman

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”

janayan < janay < √jan

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”

viśvaujā < viśva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvaujā < ojāḥ < ojas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

aśastihā < aśasti

[noun], feminine

“hex.”

aśastihā < < han

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”

viśvamanās < viśva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvamanās < manāḥ < manas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

turāṣāṭ < turāṣāh

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

pītvī <

[verb noun]

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

somasya < soma

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

diva < divaḥ < div

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

vṛdhānaḥ < vṛdh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

śūro < śūraḥ < śūra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”

nir < niḥ

[adverb]

“niḥ; away; out; without.”

yudhādhamad < yudhā < yudh

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“battle; fight; war; combat.”

yudhādhamad < adhamat < dham

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“heat; blow; fan; blow; ignite; blow; inflate.”

dasyūn < dasyu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“savage; outcast; mugger.”

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